Global events and political tensions across 1919 era
A collage of international notes reports Britain to pay fifty million dollars to the New York Fed on October 6 for debt interest. The Prince of Wales spurns suitability tests for English queen candidates, provoking a royal family dispute. Missing crew members from the Marshal Foch rise to five as sixteen are accounted for. Greek and US posts in flux with Coromilas set to lead US mission. Athens warns of Armenian distress. Ambassadors to Hong Kong greeted. Turkish soldiers in Thrace observed. Dublin sees ambushes and a midnight bomb on a bridge. Free State troops respond. Costs of British occupation of Constantinople predicted near one hundred million pounds. Rome experiences a strong earthquake with no damage reported. Coal production surges amid rail co-operation hopes. Peru denies tacna arica protocol amendments. Burton undergoes eye surgery in Baltimore. The Supreme Court weighs mothering rights of a Creek Indian land patent holder.
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Prince of Wales
King George
Queen Mary
Lloyd George
Claud Nigel Hamilton
British Columbia
Marshal Foch
Sable Island
Halifax
Lambros A. Coromilas
United States
E., Anderson
Asiatic Fleet
United States Navy
Hong Kong
Thrace
Athens
Greece
Dublin
Ireland
Free State
Constantinople
Asia Minor
France
Rome
Italy
Spens
Auction of Goethe relics planned in Lyons by authorities
Disturbed reports indicate a valuable Goethe relic collection will be sold in Lyons, France under authority. The Advocate of Peace reports the American Peace Society is leading a campaign to avert a perceived literary calamity.
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Lyons
France
American Peace Society
Advocate of Peace
Washington
New Orleans
Federation of Inter-Allied Veterans
American Legion
Supreme Court
Fall
Interior Department
Yucatan Channel
Florida Straits
Weather Bureau
Caribbean Sea
Dirigible C2 Arrives in El Paso En Route to San Antonio
A giant dirigible named C2 landed in El Paso after one stop at Ross Field California and will continue to San Antonio. The report also notes varied events from thefts to legal notices across states, including a postponed trial in Alabama and a costly New Orleans fire.
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el Paso
Texas
Ross Field
Calif
San Antonio
American Association of Investment Bankers
Leila Humber
Seales
Ala
Janie Griffin Hland
Chicago
Bill Hayes
San Francisco
President Cleveland
Shipping Board
M. W. Murray
Decatur
Nashville
Tenn
Columbia, Tenn
J. L. Gordon
Dyersburg
W. D. Slearington
Prohibition
New Orleans
Christians Hired as Servants Raise Questions in China
An American family in Ching hired two new servants from Nanking missionary center. The servants were identified as Christians by another Chinese servant who learned of their faith. When asked how he knew, the Chinese worker said they know God Jesus Christ and Santa Claus.
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Ching
Nanking
Ivy
God
Jesus Christ
Santa Claus
Cuticura Advertises Itching Scalp Relief
A colonial advertisement urges using Cuticura Ointment on dandruff and itching then washing with Cuticura Soap. It promises clear skin and soft hands by daily use of the three Cuticura products with hot water.
Then She'd Hear Them Fairy Tale Banter
A London Punch quip notes a coy exchange about loves and marriage with a playful jab at romance. The dialogue fragment features a narrator suggesting marriage as counsel and a character reacting with amused delight.
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London
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